Prevalence and factors associated with puerperal sepsis among postnatal women at a Tertiary Referral Hospital in Western Uganda

• Brenda Nabawanuka ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Brenda Nabawanuka, Moses Asiimwe, George Wasswa, Michael Muhoozi, Joshua Epuitai

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration

  Affiliation Mountains of the Moon University, Fort Portal, Uganda

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• Moses Asiimwe ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Brenda Nabawanuka, Moses Asiimwe, George Wasswa, Michael Muhoozi, Joshua Epuitai

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mosease19@gmail.com

  Affiliation Mountains of the Moon University, Fort Portal, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4689-7178

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• Pauline Irumba ,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ PI, JA, PA, JA, SK and JT also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Mountains of the Moon University, Fort Portal, Uganda

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• Julian Aryampa ,

  Roles Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ PI, JA, PA, JA, SK and JT also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Mountains of the Moon University, Fort Portal, Uganda

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• George Wasswa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Brenda Nabawanuka, Moses Asiimwe, George Wasswa, Michael Muhoozi, Joshua Epuitai

  Roles Data curation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Joint Clinical Research Center, Wakiso, Uganda

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• Michael Muhoozi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Brenda Nabawanuka, Moses Asiimwe, George Wasswa, Michael Muhoozi, Joshua Epuitai

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation, Kampala, Uganda

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• Peterson Amumpaire ,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ PI, JA, PA, JA, SK and JT also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Lira University, Lira, Uganda

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• Joy Acen ,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ PI, JA, PA, JA, SK and JT also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Lira University, Lira, Uganda

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• Shamim Katusabe ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ PI, JA, PA, JA, SK and JT also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Makerere University Infectious Disease Institute, Kampala, Uganda

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• Joan Tusabe ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ PI, JA, PA, JA, SK and JT also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Makerere University Case Western Reserve University Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda

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• Joshua Epuitai

  Contributed equally to this work with: Brenda Nabawanuka, Moses Asiimwe, George Wasswa, Michael Muhoozi, Joshua Epuitai

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Busitema University, Jinja, Uganda

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